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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8516362" data-attributes="member: 6701124">Just because a +2 doesn't mean anything to you doesn't mean it isn't a sign-post to others.&nbsp; (Is a little +1 bonus enough to simulate a sword being magical?).Pathfinder didn't have negative modifiers.&nbsp; Does 5e in the PhB?An alternative for someone who wanted physical stats to tie into roughly human physiology as a baseline could have different maximums based on size and the fiction associated with the race.&nbsp; Halflings can go to 14, Elves to 18, Dwarves and Humans to 20, Half-Orcs to 22, and Goliaths to 24, or whatnot.&nbsp;&nbsp; The differing upper limits, instead of a fixed bonus, takes away the inability to play a very undextrous Halfling or very unstrong Goliath.As was noted by other posters above, some games have a size stat, if one wanted I could imagine a size and build descriptor that would put limits on Str and Dex (with some races being outside humanocentric physiology and differing).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8516362, member: 6701124"] Just because a +2 doesn't mean anything to you doesn't mean it isn't a sign-post to others. (Is a little +1 bonus enough to simulate a sword being magical?). Pathfinder didn't have negative modifiers. Does 5e in the PhB? An alternative for someone who wanted physical stats to tie into roughly human physiology as a baseline could have different maximums based on size and the fiction associated with the race. Halflings can go to 14, Elves to 18, Dwarves and Humans to 20, Half-Orcs to 22, and Goliaths to 24, or whatnot. The differing upper limits, instead of a fixed bonus, takes away the inability to play a very undextrous Halfling or very unstrong Goliath. As was noted by other posters above, some games have a size stat, if one wanted I could imagine a size and build descriptor that would put limits on Str and Dex (with some races being outside humanocentric physiology and differing). [/QUOTE]

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